Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: the Kaiser

[Jim Devine <jdevine@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Nathan writes:
> In fact, most studies show that the vast block of white well-paid blue
> collor unionists, what was dubbed the "labor aristocracy" by Maoists and
> others in the late 60s and early 70s, have been the ones who have suffered
> the largest relative decline in wages and standard of living in the last
> twenty-five years.  A vestigal group through seniority have held on at a few
> outposts like the Big Three automakers, but they are a tiny fraction of the
> vast number who saw their wages collapse under them.

this fits with my prejudice: I've thought for a long time that though some
"elite" blue collar workers gained from imperialism in the short run (since
it allowed employers to make concessions and governments to allow stable
welfare states), they lose in the long run (due to capital mobility, the
race to the bottom, etc.)

Jim Devine jdevine@xxxxxxx &  http://bellarmine.lmu.edu/~jdevine